WeatherKit – The API Struggle

Click or tap on the audio player below for an AI generated deep-dive into this post. Apple’s WeatherKit framework, developed by Dark Sky, which Apple acquired in 2020, was revealed to the developer community at WWDC 2022 and released in the fall of 2022. As an Apple Developer Program member, you are allowed up toContinue reading “WeatherKit – The API Struggle”

AI as an Instructor – The Backstory

Click the link below to listen to two AI generated podcasters discuss this blog post. In the summer of 2008, I got my first iPhone—the iPhone 3G. I had two memorable reactions to this fantastic device. First, the “OMG, this is so totally cool!” reaction, and then, as someone who’d been writing software for 30 years byContinue reading “AI as an Instructor – The Backstory”

Going Deeper With AI

If you would like to listen to a nine minute two-person format podcast reflecting on this post generated by Google’s NotebookLM AI, click on the audio player below. Note that NotebookLM glitches out at the end and pastes in five previous minutes of the podcast. Funny. This afternoon Claude 3.5 and I worked on theContinue reading “Going Deeper With AI”

Spiritual Resonance and AI

If you are interested in an AI generated discussion of this post click on the audio player below. I am currently working on an iOS app to help with my spiritual meditations. Years ago, thanks to my love of science and technology and a growing fascination with philosophy and its intersection with spirituality I discoveredContinue reading “Spiritual Resonance and AI”

Centaur Programming Podcast

This year Google released their NotebookLM. This free service lets you upload PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs, or Google Slides, and NotebookLM will summarize them and make interesting connections between topics, all powered by Gemini 1.5’s multimodal understanding capabilities. It also has the ability to generate compelling and professional sounding podcast audioContinue reading “Centaur Programming Podcast”

Revolutionary Multiplatform App for iOS Developers: Dev Toolkit 1.0 by Forefront Systems Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Forefront Systems Inc. Launches Dev Toolkit: A Revolutionary Multiplatform App for iOS Developers BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA – August 17, 2024 – Forefront Systems Inc., a leader in cutting-edge app development for over 30 years, is thrilled to announce the launch of Dev Toolkit, a groundbreaking multiplatform app now available on the AppleContinue reading “Revolutionary Multiplatform App for iOS Developers: Dev Toolkit 1.0 by Forefront Systems Inc.”

AI and Software Development – Part 6

I’ll be honest. I both love and hate technical documentation. In the love camp, technical documentation is as precious as gold if I have to fix or enhance a legacy application that someone created before me. And the gold is not just the details but often the unwritten words between the sentences. The subtle toneContinue reading “AI and Software Development – Part 6”

AI and Software Development – Part 5

As I reached the end of the ChaptGPT 4 generated press release announcing I’d hired ChatGPT itself as Forefront System Inc.’s (FSI) first employee, I noticed an empty section where the AI was suggesting my company logo should be added. Logo? We don’t need no stinkin’ logos! I incorporated FSI in 1995, twenty-eight years ago,Continue reading “AI and Software Development – Part 5”

AI and Software Development – Part 4

Hiring is one of the most challenging parts of running a company. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI (the creators of ChatGPT) says he spends a third of his time searching for the right fit. Hiring an AI on the other hand is far simpler. Especially one that shows great potential. Time then to hire ChatGPTContinue reading “AI and Software Development – Part 4”